Formed as the Joint Access and Oversight Group (JAOG) in 2003 to consider statewide transfer issues and recommend policy strategies. It is a standing committee that meets about six times a year with representatives from the public and independent academic degree-granting institutions and the Washington Student Achievement Council (formerly the HECB).

Spring of 2011, JAOG became the Joint Transfer Council (JTC).

JTC members from each of the public baccalaureate
institutions are generally vice provosts of academic affairs; a Council of Presidents (COP) staff member also serves. Independent
colleges and universities are represented by registration and academic planning offices; the president
of Independent Colleges of Washington (ICW) also serves. The community and technical colleges are represented by eight vice presidents
of instruction or student services; a State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) staff member also serves.

The Joint Transfer Council (JTC) works on behalf of the institutions represented by the membership. JTC works in collaboration
and has formal communication with the Executive Committee of the Intercollege Relations Commission (ICRC). JTC works in collaboration with
Washington Student Achievement Council staff.

Major Related
Program (MRP) Template
Generic
format for statewide Major Related Program (MRP) agreements based on the Associate in
Arts/Associate in Arts and Sciences (DTA) or the Associate in Science–Transfer (AS-T). These
agreements are the result of negotiations by workgroup members representing the public
and private baccalaureate institutions offering the particular major and representatives of the
community and technical colleges.